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Orange County Indexed

Ferry: Thom. Ellis

February 1786 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Thom. Ellis received permission to keep a Haw River ferry near John Elmon’s former ferry.

Kind of business
Ferry
Court
February 1786 term
People
Places
Haw River

Names and places are given as the source writes them. This record has not been checked against the original minute book.

Where to find it

  • Folio and page 19-270
  • Published abstract: Alma Cheek Redden, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Inferior Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions of Orange County, N.C., 1777–1788, page 21 (Orange County Public Library, NC 929.375 HAU)
  • Original: State Archives of North Carolina, Orange County court minutes (CR.073.301).
  • Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 30002, “County Court Minutes, 1777–1795” (State Archives film).
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